Those who have doubted Rep.Darrell Issa’s resolve on forging ahead with his investigation into Project Gunrunner may have spoken too soon (via NRA-ILA):
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will issue the subpoenas in yet another attempt to find out if “Project Gunrunner” contributed to the killing of a Border Patrol agent. Rep. Issa’s committee has also announced that two hearings on this disastrous operation will be held next week (Monday from 1:00 — 3:00 p.m., and Wednesday from 9:30 — 11:30 a.m.).
“Fast and Furious” was a part of the five-year-old “Project Gunrunner” program that encouraged border-state dealers to sell thousands of guns to suspicious buyers, even after suspecting these buyers were working for Mexican drug cartels.
A June 6 article in TheHill reports that two of the guns from the operation were found at the scene of an Arizona gun battle in December between U.S. law enforcement and members of a drug gang. That exchange resulted in the tragic death of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, but officials have not revealed whether the bullet that struck him came from the guns the BATFE was supposed to be tracking. The article also reports that guns from the “Fast and Furious” operation might have been used in an attack on a Mexican government helicopter that was grounded after being fired upon by suspected members of a drug cartel.
Issa has been critical of the Department of Justice, which oversees BATFE, for refusing to provide all of the documents he’s requested and for not making available all of the officials he’s attempted to interview.
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